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Compulsive Behavior Information

Compulsive behavior is behavior which a person does compulsively—in other words, not because they want to behave that way, but because they feel they have to do so.

Mental health professionals have identified signs of compulsive behavior in various disorders such as:

  1. Obsessive–compulsive disorder – obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.
  2. Drug addiction – a condition where a person takes a drug compulsively, despite potential harm to themselves, or their desire to stop.

See also

· · Anxiety disorder: Obsessive–compulsive disorder (F42, 300.3)
History Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
Biology
Neuroanatomy Basal ganglia (striatum) · Orbitofrontal cortex · Cingulate cortex · Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Receptors 5-HT1Dβ · 5-HT2A · 5-HT2C · μ Opioid · H2 · NK1 · M4 · NMDA · non-NMDA
Symptoms Obsessions (associative, diagnostic, injurious, scrupulous, pathogenic, sexual) · Compulsions (impulses, rituals, tics) · Thought suppression (avoidance) · Hoarding (animals, books, possessions)
Treatment
Serotonergics
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Escitalopram · Fluoxetine · Fluvoxamin · Paroxetine · Sertraline · Citalopram · Nefazodone
Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors Venlafaxine · Desvenlafaxine · Duloxetine
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors Phenelzine · Tranylcypromine
Tricyclic antidepressants Clomipramine
Serotonergic psychedelics Lysergic acid diethylamide · Psilocin
Nootropics Inositol
Mu opioidergics Hydrocodone · Morphine · Tramadol
Anticholinergics Diphenhydramine
NMDA glutamatergics Riluzole
NK-1 tachykininergics Aprepitant
Other Nicotine · Memantine · Tautomycin
Behavioral Cognitive behavioral therapy (Exposure and response prevention)
Organizations OCD Action
Notable people Edna B. Foa · Stanley Rachman · Adam S. Radomsky · Jeffrey M. Schwartz · Susan Swedo · Jeff Bell · Emily Colas
Popular culture
Literature
Fictional Matchstick Men · Plyushkin
Nonfiction Everything in Its Place · Just Checking
Media Monk · As Good as It Gets · Matchstick Men · The Aviator · Adrian Monk · Sheldon Cooper
Related Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder · Obsessional jealousy · Purely Obsessional OCD · Social anxiety disorder · Tourette syndrome

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